Today we start the Advent season, leading up to Christ's birth. Here are some ways for your family to celebrate the journey.

This week we celebrate the first Sunday of the Advent season, beginning our four week journey to the birth of Christ.

This week we celebrate the feast of Christ the King. In the Gospel, we hear Pilate ask Jesus if he is the King of the Jews.

When I was pregnant with my children, I used to spend endless hours wondering whether they would look more like me or my husband or what characteristics of ours I wished they did—or didn’t—inherit.

When kids are little, one of the first rules many parents teach them is to play nicely. Unfortunately, somewhere along the line as we start to grow up, we tend to forget that lesson ourselves.

This week, Jesus uses the example of a fig tree to explain the way in which the son of man will come.

I’m not a fan of water. Our bad relationship started in my youth while I was taking swim lessons. I was taking the lessons because my mom, who was afraid of water and never learned to swim, wanted to make sure that my sisters and I would be safe anytime we were around water.

In this week's Gospel, Jesus tells the crowds that the small donation of a widow was greater than the large sums of money donated by the wealthy.

In this week's Gospel, Jesus is asked about the greatest of the commandments, which is to love the Lord with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength.